Edmund Mortimer, son of the 3rd Earl


Sir Edmund Mortimer , was an English nobleman who played a part in the rebellions of the Welsh leader, Owain Glyndr and the Percys at the beginning of the 15th century. He perished at the siege of Harlech as part of these conflicts. He was related to many members of the English royal family through his mother, Philippa Plantagenet, the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Edmund was born onDecember 1376 at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire as the second son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa Plantagenet. He was a grandson of Lionel of Antwerp, thus a greatgrandson of King Edward III. He had an elder brother, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, and two sisters, Elizabeth, who married Henry Hotspur Percy, and Philippa, who married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, secondly Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel, and thirdly, Sir Thomas Poynings.

Source: Wikipedia